Year: 2006

hrm… okay I went up to a conference yesterday, and I know you’re supposed to go around talking to people, sharing ideas and whatever, but I don’t want to do that at all. I’ve got very little interest in it for some reason. Plus i suppose it doesn’t help when I feel like everyone is talking over my head. Talking about random projects or people that I don’t really know very well.

Today we had another day long meeting with santa barbara folks, and I also had very little to add to the conversation. Dunno. I just sit there, half zoning in or out. It’s sorta depressing. I know my boss wants me to be proactive and talk to people, but it doesn’t seem like me.

incidentally, I’ve got a “coffee” date for Thursday night.

The best car we drove during vacation is a Benz S320 Series. Wing let us use his car when we were in FL. The handling was perfect and the car hugged on road very well. However, we rent an All wheel drive Subaru in Portland, it was a good car and it was half the price of the Benz we drove.

The best fruit is the papaya we picked up at the Garden in Kawai.

The best Chinese food was in Vancouver.

The best crab was in FL. Wing BBQ them and tasted good.

The best music is the CD I bought in China and I made a copy for MingMIng’s mother

The best place we went is the beach at Kawai

Vacation is over and it it time to back to work and take care of daily routines. We had great time.

Gosh darn it, now that Donald wrote his, I guess I have to write mine.

• Call friends more often.
• Go out more, by myself or with others without the kids.
• Eat a durian before I leave Singapore.
• Sell something on Ebay.
• Make to do lists everyday, just like Donald.
• Row more, just like Donald.
• Eat better, just like Donald.
• Lose weight, just like Donald.

Donald, you are so cool!

We dropped Big Brother & Sister off at Vancouver International and drove all the way back to Washougal. It was raining heavily all the time. But we made it. Mom cooked dinner and we finished eating and ready for the airport. 3 week vacation was over. Well, there is always the next time.

Last night, those relatives (a family of almost 17) of Big Brother suched him in to have very expensive meal in downtown Vancouver. I did not like those relatives taking advantage of him but I did enjoy the meal 🙂 After meal, Big Brother evidently knew what was going on said, once in a while, no problem. But, if it were frequent, then it is entirely different story.

Mom told me last time about 5 years back was even worse. It costed US$1,000.00. This time, just about half.

The iPod is fixed nd works really nicely now. Took me about 5 minutes to pry the thing open, replace the screen and pop everything back on. Not too bad. I even removed some of the scratches off the screen with Brasso. It worked okay. Cleaned up a lot of the shallow scratches…

Went all the way up Mt. Hamilton for the first time yesterday. This is The Mountain That Broke My Collarbone. Dick, the Sales Manager at the bike shop got married on the mountain on New Year’s Day. He and his wife were going to ride up the mountain on separate bikes, and then come down on a tandem. 😛 It never happened since there was a 40mph gale going on then. So yesterday was a make up. 4600′ of climbing in 20 miles or so… my legs are toasted today.

Some Random things I would like to do this year…

– 24 hour race. – 5 guys taking turns riding a course for 24 hours.

this’ll lead me to

– ride more
– eat better
– lose weight
– buy about $600 dollars worth in lighting equipment. (I’ll sell it later)

some other randomness.

– put some effort into meeting women
– I think my time at the shop is coming to an end… I need to figure something else out for me to grow with.
– I think I need to be more responsible. I’m making todo lists everyday for work. (Arif is too)

Vince has been complaining every day that he doesn’t want to go to school. Today he said that he was sick and had a headache and that he really, really, didn’t want to go.

Jeremy came home from work and he and Vince had the following conversation

Jeremy: Something smells good!
Vince: It’s bacon!
Jeremy: How was school?
Vince: (Pause) I seem to like it.